Morgan, John Minter: letter, 24 Dec 1851

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0096 AL233
Held at	: Senate House Library, University of London   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.senatehouselibrary.ac.uk/our-collections ›
Full title	: Morgan, John Minter: letter, 24 Dec 1851
Date(s)	: 1851
Level of description	: fonds
Extent	: 1 sheet
Name of creator(s)	: Morgan | John Minter | 1782-1854 | educationist and socialist

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

John Minter Morgan was born in Westminster in 1782. Little is known about his early life until aged 25 he inherited a fortune in land, business and investments; thereafter he devoted his life and much of his wealth to the cause of co-operativism and Christian socialism. His London salon became a leading intellectual centre and, with his diplomatic skills, he succeeded in forging working alliances with both religious-minded and secular socialists. He also campaigned for free universal education.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Letter from John Minter Morgan of 12 Stratton Street, Piccadilly to Dr Henry Travis, 24 Dec 1851. Suggesting a dinner engagement. Written in another hand and signed by Morgan.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

See hard copy catalogue.

Conditions governing access:

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Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

Finding aids:

Typescript catalogue available in the Library's Palaeography Room.

Archival Information

Archival history:

See archivist

Immediate source of acquisition:

Found inside a copy of Robert Owen's A Developement [sic] of the principles and plans on which to establish self-supporting home colonies ... (1841), presented to Dr Travis - classmark: [G.L.] A.841 fol. (no 1 copy).

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Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Compiled by Anya Turner.

Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
July 2008